The Slug Man has put up a new Hydromatics site to keep you up-to-date on what's happenin' in Hydro-land. GO!.

Just got word that the Lazy Cowgirls will have a new disc out on Oct. 11 entitled 'I'm Goin' Out and Get Hurt Tonight'. Not only that, but it seems that they're already demoing tunes for the next album as well !.

If Lindsay had a "relatively" quiet week, it's been a "relative" madhouse over here. I've been way too busy fighting off worms, bugs 'n (trojan) horses. Close call, but so far it seems I've won without any major damage and kept the darn critters at bay, phew!.
"So what else is up?" you axe. Well, time permitting I've been groovin' to a batch of new 45s from Ace Records, top notch Rockabilly classics by the likes of Charlie Feathers, Pat Cupp and Junior Thompson. Familiar stuff, but they all swing mighty fine in this format. Equally grand are the first two 45s in Norton's new Rolling Stones tribute series, with the
Reigning Sound and the Wildebeests bein' my faves so far. Angel Corpus Christi's latest CD 'Divine Healer' took some time to sink in, but as of late it has began to take up more 'n more spins on HQ's hi-fi. Not all tunes are top shelve material, but the good ones (including a great take on Motley Crue's 'Home Sweet Home') are A-OK. In a similar vein comes Holly Go-Lightly's latest disc 'Truly She Is None Other' that'll hopefuly see her goin', well deserved, places. All round winner of the last couple o' weeks tho' has been the Funk Soul Sisters comp on BGP. Title really sez it all, amazing stuff from start to finish.
That's about it listenin' wise. As usual these days I missed out on various live shows (For whatever reason, I can hardly be bothered anymore), and several people tell me I should've gone and see the Marked Men, but alas, it was not to be. But hey, I've got tickets for the London Radio Birdman show and I am lookin' forward to that !.
So there you have it, more soon (if the bugs leave me alone that is!).

It's been a relatively quiet week with our stint as R&R B&B and avant Scottish Tourist Board on something of a hiatus.
Some time to draw breath amidst dealing with the harsh realities of the dayjob and my rabble rousing. During this time I sorted wir tickets for the London Radio Birdman show so an excursion is in the offing for that. Kinda quiet on the music front except for discovering Chantal Goya. Neil Cleary is in the UK next week to launch his "Numbers Add Up" album on Spit & Polish, (Diesel Only in the USA). It contains the fantastic "When All Of Us Get Famous".
Other than that... just got a new Dallas Wayne with those Skeleblokes backing him so more about that when I get a chance to hear the whole thing. Ditto for the Shebang album.

"Be sure to check out the latest updates to 60sgaragebands.com, including:
Interviews with Chuck Kirkpatrick of The Gas Company and Proctor Amusement
Co; Bob Agnew of The Satyrs ("Yesterdays Heroes"); and Mike Frederick of The
Rising Tydes. And - if you haven't heard yet - be sure to check out NEWS &
NUGGETS for Sundazed's October release schedule. WOW".

It's Comin'!

September is looming like a bloody great brick wall and this good weather phenomenon is back. While it'd be nice to be in NY (or Hoboken rather) for the A-Bones blowout, 'tis not to be so we head out to STEREO in Glasgow where V-TWIN were celebrating the finish of their next (and Loog-Oldham produced) album. Unfortunately this wasn't to be because there was no sign of 'em and had to hightail it for a train out to the boonies. It's funny. Kelvinhaugh Street in Glasgow was like CB's, with lotsa people hanging out front. This city almost never has the weather pattern to allow such an event. Openers, RUDE PRAVO give some sort of indication of what Alex Harvey might sound like jamming with Martin Rev and however good that might look on paper, it was bloody irritating in practice. There's probably a Ze-inspired label here waiting in the wings to take them to the rafters but I'm sorry, laptops onstage are up there with those guitars with no heads as a large no-no. I'm gonna try to design one with a neck and machine heads and everything, maybe that's where my fortune will come from? Although I ain't holding my breath here...

Just when you thought it couldn't happen...the fabulous Untamed Youth are back!!! The Youth will be rocking the Blue Note www.thebluenote.com in Columbia, MO on Saturday, September 13. The show marks the band's first appearance in Columbia in 5 years!!!. Opening will be Youth frontman, Deke Dickerson (www.dekedickerson.com) , and his Los Angeles based Ecco-fonics. If you can't make the Youth's big Rockaround www.rockaround.net festival appearance in Las Vegas September 26, then here's your chance to catch its only other show this year! You won't want to miss this rare appearance featuring Deke Dickerson (guitar/voc), Steve "King of Men" Mace (bass/voc), Steve "Sammy" Rager (keys/voc) and Chris Sprague (drums/voc). Mark your calendar and spread the word!!! - Info courtesy of Steve Rager.

Amsterdam p-rockers the Felchers have a pretty cool cartoon video up and running here (in Flash).
(w/ thanks to Tony Slug)

Hydromatics news update: As off Friday they're off 'n rollin' thru' Europe (see below). Bass player Theo Brouwer has gone AWOL and as a last minute replacement they've hired the talents of Laurent Ciron, formaly of seminal French punk outfit the Dogs, makin' the band even more of an all-star unit. Please be sure to check 'em out if they're headin' your way.
DATES: Fri. 8/22 - Lintfabriek - Kontich Belgium, Mon. 8/25 - Paris, France (venue tbc), Tue. 8/26 - Bistroy - Lyon, France, Wed. 8/27 - Festival - Cipieres (near Nice), France, Thu. 8/28 - Subsonic - Montpellier France, Fri. 8/29 - (helldrive), Sat. 8/30 - Z-series festival - Jerez, Spain w/ Radio Birdman + Hellacopters, Sun. 8/31 - BEACH, Mon 9/1 - BEACH, Tue 9/2 - Belle Epoque. - C?ceres, Spain, Wed 9/3 - La Boite - A Coru?a, Spain, Thu 9/4 - Nashville - Vigo, Spain, Fri 9/5 - Gruta 77 - Madrid, Spain w/ Stiff Little fingers, Sat 9/6 - Mondo Bizarro - Rennes, France, Sun 9/7 - Paris (venue tbc), Wed 9/10 - Forum - Bielefeld Germany w/ Radio Birdman, Thu 9/11 - Stairway to Peter - Chemnitz, Germany, Fri 9/12 - Mano Cornudo - Dresden, Germany, Tue 9/16 - TBC - Gothenburg, Sweden, Thu 9/18 - 013 - Tilburg, Holland w/ Electric Frankenstein / Spades, Fri 9/19 - De Diepte - Amsterdam, Holland, Sat 9/20 - Schüxenhüsli - Ins, Switzerland.

Top Of The Pops 2 aired two songs by The Blasters last night (Tuesday). Blistering versions of Marie Marie and One Bad Stud , recorded during their recent eurojaunt filled those living rooms that tuned in and indicated, for a couple of brief instants, that real rock and roll still exists. Even although most of the common five-eighth wouldn't know the symptoms if they parked out on their kissers. Chase it down via the BBC website. http:www.bbc.co.uk

Ever Get the Feeling You've Been Cheated? - Is the name of a four CD boxset to be released by Rhino on October 28. The aim being to follow-on from the Nuggets boxsets but with the focus turned to 1973 - 1980. Check out the full track listing at the Rolling Stones website and read a nifty online overview at Chartattack. Ironically, the boxset does not contain a single track by the Sex Pistols but there is an absolute truckload of great stuff including good ole Two Tub Man by the Dictators. No doubt this is gonna keep those pesky Punk Rock revisionists clucking for a while.

So there is hope for the younger generation. Check out the Diskords, p-rockin' teens from Portland, Oregon. GO!.
(w/ thanks to Jan Kooi)

The I-94 BAR's guide to Radio Birdman's Eurostrike tour. GO!.

Out next month is Wreckless Eric's autobio 'A Dysfunctional Success' written under his real name Eric Goulden. The author writes: "I didn't want to write a rock 'n' roll biography, the sort that documents the early struggle for fame, works through a successful middle period, and chronicles the downfall via a collection of lurid drug-related episodes and boring contractual details, before finally fizzling out in a collection of lame anecdotes designed to demonstrate what a great guy I am now that life's being good to me and I'm on the straight and narrow. WH Smith's is already full of crap like that". GO!.

After pickin' up a 2nd hand re-issue copy of Bo Diddley's 'In The Spotlight' LP earlier today and diggin' the heck outta the thing tonight, I checked the web for some info on Bo and came across the boss Bo Diddley - The Originator site that holds truckloads of Bo-related info and even has separate pages on Lady Bo and Jerome Green (No Duchess tho'), and is well worth checkin' out if you dig the Diddley beat as much as I do.

Them there A-Bones will ALWAYS cut it. We need 'em now more than we ever did. Right troops?

A new movie that could turn out to be pretty cool; 'Afro Punk, The Rock n Roll Nigger Experience'. But where's Pure Hell?, or Ivan Julian?. GO!.
(w/ thanx to Bink)

Handy dandy stonerrock band name generator; GO!.
(w/ thanx to Tony Slug)

LOCK UP THE WOMEN, CHILDREN AND SILVERWARE!

"Yes, the A-Bones are back for one wild night at one of the band's favorite local hangouts, the famed Maxwell's of Hoboken! Chalk in Saturday, August 23rd for a tussle through the tunnel to romp and stomp with the perennial purveyors of loud sound abundance! Maxwell's is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary as a hotbed of musical mayhem and the A-Bones have decided to give the club's floorboards another trot in tribute!

The A-Bones broke up in 1994, ten years to the week after forming in NYC. Three reunion shows were induced in 1998 but since then, the bash and bang of the A-Bones has been but a recurring ring in the left ear and regular rotations on the record player.

The band-- Bruce Bennett (guitar), Lars Espensen (sax), Marcus the Carcass (bass), Miriam Linna (drums) and Billy Miller (vocals)-- made several longplayers-- TEMPO TANTRUM, FREE BEER FOR LIFE, THE LIFE OF RILEY, I WAS A TEENAGE MUMMY (the soundtrack to filmmaker legend Chris Frieri's magnum opus award winning thriller-chiller motion picture), MUSIC MINUS FIVE and CRASH THE PARTY. Seventeen 45 RPM singles were issued on various labels worldwide as well. (Look for a compilation of non-LP A-Bones singles on an upcoming Norton CD!)

The A-Bones toured the US and took on Europe a few times as well. They served as the backing band live and/or on recording sessions for Hasil Adkins, Johnny Powers, Ronnie Dawson, Jack Starr, Roy Loney, Andre Williams, Cordell Jackson, Rudy Grayzell, Johnny Legend and the Great Gaylord. One of these great stars is expected to make an appearance on Saturday night!

The A-Bones were named in the New York Press as "The Band With The Best Audience". Let's do it again-- durable foot gear and washable wearables recommended. Earplugs and a vast variety of beverages are ready available for concoction by Maxwell's able staff of libation experts. As always Heimlich Maneuver instructional posters will also be conveniently posted and clean restrooms will be operational.

The A-Bones will also be performing live on radio station WFMU in Jersey City on the world reknown Dave The Spazz Show featuring Dave The Spazz on Thursday, August 21, from 8 to 11PM EST. This live feed broadcast will be made available for your worldwide toe-tapping pleasure at www.wfmu.org".


LIVE IN ACTION:

WHO: A-BONES, DEXTER ROMWEBER DUO, RIBEYE BROTHERS, GHOST WRITER
WHEN: SATURDAY AUGUST 23. SHOW AT 9 PM SHARP. ADMISSION $7
WHERE: MAXWELLS, 1039 WASHINGTON, HOBOKEN NJ 07030

LIVE ON DA RADIO:

WHO: A-BONES
WHEN: THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 8-11 PM
WHERE: www.wfmu.org Dave The Spazz Show (live on the internet) or 91.1 fm for analog buffs!

Can they cut it? YOU BE THE JUDGE!

more info is gleanable at:
nortonrec@aol.com
and/or
Norton Records tel (718) 789 4438 noon til 6 PM
www.nortonrecords.com.